The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.
Corsair
a robber on the high seas. Originally, around the 14th century, the term was applied to seafaring robbers of North Africa. Later the term acquired a broader meaning, becoming a synonym for pirate and privateer.
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